Mandatory life terms for young killers come to end as ban starts
As the state Supreme Court’s decision banning mandatory life imprisonment for those convicted of murdering when they were minors was set to take effect Monday, one of the attorneys who took the case to...
View ArticleStudents put Oark’s old oak on the map
A giant northern red oak that has provided a gathering place for generations of students from Oark School is no longer just part of the scenery in the small rural community in Johnson County.
View ArticleRep. Hobbs plans to run for governor
State Rep. Debra Hobbs, R-Rogers, said Monday that, after much prayer, she has decided to seek the Republican nomination for governor in 2014.
View ArticleBarber sent home for pretrial custody
A federal magistrate ordered former Northwest Arkansas developer Brandon Barber released from custody Monday, saying he may live in his New York City apartment under home incarceration until his trial...
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Boy, 17, wounded in shooting in PB A Pine Bluff teenager was shot late Saturday night by an unknown suspect near Pines Mall in Pine Bluff, according to police.
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATH
Pop psychologist, advice-show pioneer LOS ANGELES — Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated...
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I feel I have a moral obligation to give the taxpayers some relief on property that has been damaged.” Becky Yandell, Sebastian County assessor, on her reasons for lowering property...
View ArticleIn stabbing of girl, 6, bail is set at $1 million
A Johnson County circuit judge Monday ordered a man held in jail in lieu of $1 million bond on probable cause he attacked family members, including a 6-year-old female relative who was seriously wounded.
View ArticleRECORDS: May 14th
Arrests Bella Vista • Rebecca Ann Gaut, 38, of 25 Tavistock Drive was arrested Sunday in connection with aggravated assault on a family or household member. Gaut was being held Monday in the Benton...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: May 14th
Today Noon Rogers City Council — Council Chambers, 301 W. Chestnut St.
View ArticleCouncil To Consider Revisions To Art Ordinance
Public art on the downtown square could be banned if revisions to the city’s public art ordinance are approved by the City Council at tonight’s meeting.
View ArticleCommission Recommends Rezoning Request Be Denied
Planning Commission members voted to recommend denial of a rezoning request during the regular meeting Monday night.
View ArticleBus Service Extends Hours
Ozark Regional Transit, the local mass transit bus system, has added at least 90 minutes of ride time to its fixed-route bus service.
View ArticleRogers man sentenced to 10 years for rape
Nicholas Navarro-Sierra of Rogers was sentenced to 10 years in state prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to rape.
View ArticleUPDATE: Authorities say man shot himself after burglary
Gravette police, assisted by Benton County Sheriff's Office and other law enforcement agencies are looking for a man who apparently shot someone in the leg in the area of the 300 S.E. block of Dallas...
View ArticleAdult Wellness Center Membership Fees To Increase
Aldermen did not make a decision today as to what the Adult Wellness Center membership fee should be. Instead they asked Mayor Greg Hines to determine the fee.
View ArticleRECORDS: May 15th
Arrests Benton County Sheriff’s Department • Michael James George, 34, of 2000 Gentry Boulevard B2 in Gentry was arrested Tuesday in connection with domestic battering in the third degree and parole...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: May 15th
Today 9 a.m. Springdale Water and Sewer Commission — Commission Chambers, Springdale Water Utilities Building, 526 Oak Ave.
View ArticleMagazine Mountain snail off list
The Magazine Mountain shagreen snail has become the first invertebrate to be “delisted” under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
View ArticleOfficials boost E. coli testing in river, creek
Administrators with the Buffalo National River have increased the frequency of E. coli monitoring at the river’s confluence with Big Creek near Hasty from quarterly to weekly.
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